Neglected 104-year-old Spartanburg woman dies

Friday

Dec 14, 2012 at 11:04 AM

A 104-year-old Spartanburg woman found sitting in her own feces with maggots inside her large, untreated wounds died at the hospital Thursday evening.

From staff reports

A 104-year-old Spartanburg woman found sitting in her own feces with maggots inside her large, untreated wounds died at the hospital Thursday evening.The Spartanburg County Coroner's Office said Demetra Leventis died at 6:45 p.m. at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.The charge against Leventis's son, 63-year-old George Leventis, has been upgraded to abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death.As of 6:30 p.m. Friday, he had not been arrested on the upgraded charge.Coroner Rusty Clevenger said in a written statement that the cause of Leventis's death is pending microscopic analysis.A home health nurse called police after she went to the Hillbrook Drive home on Dec. 4 for the first time and found Demetra Leventis sitting in her own feces, an incident report states. The nurse told police that she asked George Leventis for help in cleaning up his mother and he told the nurse to do it tomorrow because he had a doctor's appointment and told the nurse to leave, the report stated.After the nurse called police, they found the woman slumped over on the couch wearing a short shirt and wrapped in a sheet, the report stated.The report stated that paramedics had to "peel" the woman off the couch and she was unable to talk to emergency workers.Investigators noted "hoarder-like" conditions in the house and that the woman's mattress was stained with urine and feces was on the carpet and walls, police said.George Leventis was released on Dec. 6 from the Spartanburg County Detention Center on $25,000 bond.

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